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Recognised as Colour

#AE8BF9

  • #AE8BF9
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#AE8BF9 is a violet with RGB values 174, 139, 249 and HSL 259°, 90%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#AE8BF9#AE8BF9
HEX#AE8BF9
RGBrgb(174, 139, 249)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.5451, 0.9765
RGB percentages68.2%, 54.5%, 97.6%
HSLhsl(259.1, 90.2%, 76.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(259.1, 44.2%, 97.6%)
CMYK30.1%, 44.2%, 0%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,439,097
CSS custom property--colour: #AE8BF9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34303WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness165.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.86:1
Contrast with white2.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A
Inverted#517406

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#699FFDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#709DF6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.2 from the original
Tritanopia#9E9FB6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.67:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 10.3Medium slateblue · ΔE 20.5Slate blue · ΔE 21.2Violet · ΔE 24.8Royal blue · ΔE 24.9Orchid · ΔE 25
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 10.25, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D6F98B
Analogous#8B9FF9, #E58BF9
Triadic#F9AE8B, #8BF9AE
Split complementary#F9E58B, #9FF98B
Tetradic#F98B9F, #D6F98B, #8BF9E5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F2ECFE
Lighter +10%#D0BBFC
Darker −10%#8C5BF6
Darker −20%#6A2AF4
Darker −30%#4F0CDF
Darker −40%#3E09AF
More saturated +25%#AC85FF
Less saturated −25%#B49AEA

Channel breakdown

R174
G139
B249
Red174 (68.2%)
Green139 (54.5%)
Blue249 (97.6%)
Hue259.09°
Saturation (HSL)90.16%
Lightness76.08%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AE · G 8B · B F9

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